Rossolee Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Jason(Headygouda), Sarah and I had a blast in Chicago for NYE! Umphreys McGee played 3 shows at the historic Auditorium Theatre. Lots of guests culminating with the Chicago Mass Choir on the 31st. All 3 shows had great moments! We enjoyed some tasty food in the windy city, probably the best meal at Frontera Grill(Rick Bayless) for Mexican. Definitely check out Frontera Grill if ever in Chicago. The food was awesome, everything tasted very fresh and the meal was surprisingly affordable. We did a bunch of apps that included a seafood platter that had oysters and 2 ceviches (marlin and scallops), taquitos filled with pork and carmelized onions, guacamole, queso with red peppers and chorizo sausage, tacos with a bunch of salsas and some damn tasty margaritas! Good Stuff!! http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html Millennium Park is definitely worth the visit: the Bean, Pritzker Pavilion and the Crown Fountain are all impressive. Right beside the Park is the Art Institute of Chicago, a must see/do as well. http://www.millenniumpark.org/ http://www.artic.edu/aic/ Chicago has some great historic walks as well. We did the historic skyscrappers walking tour. http://www.architecture.org/tours.aspx Lots of great pics here of NYE: http://www.jambase.com/Articles/16220/Umphrey's-McGee-12.31.08-Chicago We had great 2nd row seats in front of Jake for the 3 nights! UM with Koko Taylor 12/29/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: Slacker> Dump City> Slacker> Dump City, 2x2> Jimmy Stewart> 2x2, Resolution1, Intentions Clear1, Hoochie Coochie Man1 2> She's Nineteen Years Old1 2, Damn Right I've Got the Blues1 2 Set II: Plunger> The Bottom Half3> Plunger> The Bottom Half, Gulf Stream> KaBump1, Hajimemashite Encore: Mulche's Odyssey, Scenes from an Italian Resturaunt1 4 1 Jeff Coffin (Saxophone) 2 Buddy Guy (Guitar & Vocals) 3 'The Triple Wide' teases 12/30/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: Sweetness1> August2, Wizard Burial Ground, Morning Song, Alex's House3, Rocker Part II3, 40's Theme4 Set II: Made To Measure3 5> Great American3 4, Bright Lights, Big City4, Ocean Billy, Der Bluten Kat3> Jimmy Stewart (w/ lyrics)3> Der Bluten Kat3 Encore: Ringo3 1 Brendan & Jake (Acoustics) 2 Brendan & Jake (Acoustics) - First Half 3 Joshua Redman (Saxophone) 4 Stanley Jordan (Guitar) 5 First Time Played (Original) 12/31/08 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL Set I: In the Kitchen> Prowler> In the Kitchen, Nothing Too Fancy1> The Haunt> Kula> The Floor, Let the Good Times Roll2,Come to Mama2 Set II: Women Wine and Song3, Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough3 4, Partyin' Peeps, Hurt Bird Bath, Much Obliged> Closer> Much Obliged, Bridgeless3 Set III: Wappy Sprayberry3> Auld Lang Syne3> Wappy Sprayberry> JaJunk> Higgins> JaJunk, Amazing Grace5> Glory5> Amazing Grace5> Glory5, With a Little Help From My Friends3 5 6, Wife Soup3, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For5 7 Encore: Divisions> Hangover3> Divisions 1 Unfinished 2 Koko Taylor (Vocals) & Shun Kikuta (Guitar) 3 With 'Mad Dog's Filthy Little Secret' - Michael "Mad Dog" Mavridoglou (Trumpet), Chris Neal (Saxophone), Brent Sanders (Trombone) 4 First Time Played (Michael Jackson) 5 Chicago Mass Choir 6 First Time Played (The Beatles) ; The band performed the Joe Cocker arrangement 7 First Time Played (U2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 jealous. very jealous. the 31st setlist looks frickin' awesome....how was the Glory>Amazing Grace>Glory??? gonna dl this very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossolee Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 The 31st was a party! The third set was pretty special!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 why did i miss this yet again? Lets do this schwa.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) it'll happen man. if we commit now, it just might happen. That's it, i'm throwing on the Town Ballroom show from April to sooth the urges...fwiw, the best show i've seen them play. Utopian to open is 28min long spacejam Set One: Utopian Fir > Anchor Drops, The Fussy Dutchman, All In Time > Senor Mouse > All In Time Set Two Ocean Billy^, Search 4, FF > August, Bridgeless Encore Liquid > Roulette Edited January 9, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 we committed for this years at Langerado, it probably would have been Kosher but I think it was during the disco party.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 hahaha, yeah. It's all about days off work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 you likely won't have many left seeing as its the last 3 nights of the year...and its a tuesday wednesday thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 nope. fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossolee Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Um has loaded up some videos from the run at their youtube website: http://www.youtube.com/user/umvideo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Rossolee- Looks like an amazing time! Sweet looking venue and NYE sets.. wow. ps- I miss you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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